Bithynia funiculata

Bithynia funiculata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Taxonomy

Previously considered this taxon to be a subspecies of Bithynia siamensis, however, Bithynia funiculata is treated as a separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.

Distribution

Distribution of this species includes:

Thailand

Ecology

Bithynia funiculata is an intermediate host for:

The cat liver fluke Opisthorchis tenuicollis
This species transfers echinostomiasis.
Some references also mention also the trematode Opisthorchis viverrini as a first intermediate host.